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Ruta Sepetys, Steve Sheinkin: Bletchley Riddle (2024, Penguin Young Readers Group)

Kara Swisher: Burn Book (2024, Simon & Schuster)

Arvind Narayanan, Sayash Kapoor: AI Snake Oil (2024, Princeton University Press)

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Eliezer Yudkowsky: Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality (Paperback, Fanfiction.net)

Mortimer J. Adler, Charles Van Doren, Charles van Doren: How to read a book (A Touchstone Book) (AudiobookFormat, 2011, Touchstone)

Alexandra Horowitz: On looking (2013, Scribner)

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Michael Connelly, Michael Connelly: Desert Star (2022, Little Brown & Company, Little, Brown and Company)

Michael Connelly: The Dark Hours (Hardcover, Little, Brown and Company)

Michael Connelly: The late show (2017, Little, Brown and Company)

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xian rated Gone Tomorrow: 4 stars

No cover — Lee Child: Gone Tomorrow (2009, Transworld Publishers Limited)

Gone Tomorrow by Lee Child

New York City. Two in the morning. A subway car heading uptown. Jack Reacher, plus five other passengers. Four are …

xian rated The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1): 5 stars

Stieg Larsson: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1) (2008)

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1) by Stieg Larsson

xian rated Debt of Honor: 5 stars

Tom Clancy: Debt of Honor (EBook, 2009, Penguin USA, Inc.)

Debt of Honor by Tom Clancy

Razio Yamata is one of Japan's most influential industrialists, and part of a relatively small group of authority who wield …

xian rated Nothing to Lose: 4 stars

Lee Child: Nothing to Lose (Hardcover, 2008, Delacorte Press)

Nothing to Lose by Lee Child

Two lonely towns in Colorado: Hope and Despair. Between them, twelve miles of empty road. Jack Reacher never turns back. …

xian rated One Shot: 4 stars

Lee Child: One Shot (2006, Dell)

One Shot by Lee Child (Jack Reacher (9))

Six shots. Five dead. One heartland city thrown into a state of terror. But within hours the cops have it …

xian reviewed The hard way by Lee Child

Lee Child: The hard way (2006, Delacorte Press)

In Lee Child's astonishing new thriller, ex--military cop Reacher sees more than most people would...and …

Review of 'The hard way' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

So. Many. Chapters! Child's normal mildly annoying writing style is overshadowed by often nonsensical chapter splits. Once again, a good underlying story sort of muddled by odd choices in grammar and organization. Plus, I had the "twist" figured out about 2/3 of the way through.

So. Many. Chapters! Child's normal mildly annoying writing style is overshadowed by often nonsensical chapter splits. Once again, a good underlying story sort of muddled by odd choices in grammar and organization. Plus, I had the "twist" figured out about 2/3 of the way through.

xian rated The enemy: 3 stars

No cover — Lee Child: The enemy (2005, Bantam Dell)

The enemy by Lee Child

Jack Reacher. Hero. Loner. Soldier. Soldier's son. An elite military cop, he was one of the army's brightest stars. But …

xian rated Persuader: 3 stars

Lee Child: Persuader (2004, Dell)

Persuader by Lee Child (Jack Reacher (7))

Jack Reacher.

The ultimate loner.

An elite ex-military cop who left the service years ago, he’s moved from …

xian rated Without Fail (Jack Reacher): 3 stars

Lee Child: Without Fail (Jack Reacher) (AudiobookFormat, Brilliance Audio Unabridged)

Without Fail (Jack Reacher) by Lee Child (Jack Reacher (6))

Skilled, cautious, and anonymous, Jack Reacher is perfect for the job: to assassinate the vice president of the United States. …

xian reviewed Echo Burning by Lee Child

Lee Child: Echo Burning (2002, Jove Books)

Ex-military cop Jack Reacher returns in this latest in the award-winning series critics call "spectacular" …

Review of 'Echo Burning' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

Child concocts a good whodunit, but the writing, as with the previous Reacher books is not very good.

xian rated Running blind: 3 stars

Lee Child: Running blind (2001, Jove Books)

Running blind by Lee Child

Jack Reacher is back, dragged into what looks like a series of grisly serial murders by a team of FBI …

xian rated Tripwire: 3 stars

Lee Child: Tripwire (1999, Penguin Group, Jove)

Tripwire by Lee Child

Ex-military policeman Jack Reacher is lying low in Key West, digging up swimming pools by hand. He is not at …

xian rated Killing Floor: 3 stars

Lee Child: Killing Floor (Paperback, 1998, Jove Books)

Killing Floor by Lee Child (Jack Reacher (1))

Ex-military policeman Jack Reacher is a drifter. He’s just passing through Margrave, Georgia, and in less than an hour, he’s …

xian rated Good Omens: 3 stars

Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman: Good Omens (Paperback, 2019, William Morrow)

Good Omens by Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman

Armageddon only happens once, you know. They don't let you go around again until you get it right.

According …

xian rated Die Trying: 3 stars

Lee Child: Die Trying (Paperback, 2006, Jove)

Die Trying by Lee Child (Jack Reacher (2))

When a woman is kidnapped, Jack Reacher's in the wrong place at the wrong time. He's kidnapped with her. Now …

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